Christmas-tree ornament



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CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT.v

PatentedApr.' 1, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNHARD VILMSEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CH RlSTMAS-TREE ORNAIVI ENT..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,916, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed January 31, 1890. Serial No. 338,801. (No specimens.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, BERNHARD VILMSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Christmas-Tree Ornaments,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists in forming a Christmas-tree ornament of chenilletinsel and a connected ball, forming a brilliant and attractive articlefor the purpose intended, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figures l to 8, inclusive, represent face views of a Christmas-treeornament embodying my invention. Fig. 9 represents a top view of aportion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a Christmas -tree ornamentconsisting of a body B of chenille tinsel and a ball C connectedtherewith. The bodies are of various shapes, such as cylindrical,elliptical, oval, heart, diamond, &c.

In Figs. 1 and 2 flies or tails D are shown as attached to the balls C,the same being of tinsel.

It will be seen that the ornament isof a brilliant and beautiful nature,its beauty being increased by covering the balls with coloredoss-silk, said silk being wound around the balls and concealing theperiphery thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A Christmas-tree ornament consisting of a body of chenille tinsel anda ball connected therewith, substantially as described.

2. A Christmas-tree ornament composed of a body of chenille tinsel witha ball connected therewith, said ball having a covering of flosssilk,substantially as described.

8. In a Christmas-tree ornament, a body of chenille tinsel and a ballconnected therewith, in combination with the fly D, substantially asdescribed.

BERNHARD VILMSEN. l/Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, L. JENNINGS.

